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car-free zone · Different wording
Different wording The two terms share 步 in their simplified forms but are different words. In Taiwan the standard term is 徒步區; on the Mainland it is 步行街 - both point at “car-free zone”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 徒步區、步行街 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
Neither term carries an HSK or TOCFL level in this table - this pair is dictionary-recorded, not syllabus-derived.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 徒步區 | 步行街 |
| Reading | ㄊㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩ tú bù qū | bù xíng jiē ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝ |
| Senses | car-free zone | car-free zone; pedestrian street |
| Syllabus | — | — |
| MOE records | 徒步區 · 步行街 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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